Broken promise as Miss Botswana gets no car
Thursday, November 18, 2021 | 7940 Views |
Miss Botswana's car PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Miss Botswana organisers revealed a few months ago that this year’s queen will walk away with a Mercedes Benz C200 courtesy of new car dealer, Magariland. But now instead of owning the car Molefe will get a car sponsorship from Magariland which will transport her during her entire reign. After her reign she will return the Golf 7 Tsi she is currently using to the car dealer.
During a sponsorship handover yesterday, the organisers announced that besides the car sponsorship, Molefe will walk away with a cash prize of P100,000 divided into P50,000 cash and P50 000 worth of monthly benefits.
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